Cooper Industries, LLC, Cooper Industries, LTD., Cooper US, Inc., and Cooper Industries, PLC v. Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Co., Inc., and Whitman Insurance Company Ltd

Opinion

August 25, 2015

JUDGMENT

The Fourteenth Court of Appeals COOPER INDUSTRIES, LLC, COOPER INDUSTRIES, LTD., COOPER US, INC., AND COOPER INDUSTRIES, PLC, Appellants

NO. 14-14-00562-CV V.

PEPSI-COLA METROPOLITAN BOTTLING CO., INC., AND WHITMAN INSURANCE COMPANY LTD, Appellees ________________________________

This cause, an appeal from the order denying a motion to compel arbitration in favor of appellees, Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Co., Inc., and Whitman Insurance Company Ltd, signed June 20, 2014, was heard on the transcript of the record. We have inspected the record and find error in the order of the trial court. We therefore REVERSE the order and RENDER judgment ordering arbitration of appellees’ claims against appellants Cooper Industries, LLC, Cooper Industries, Ltd., Cooper US, Inc., and Cooper Industries, PLC. We REMAND this case to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion, including the grant of an appropriate stay.

We further order that all costs incurred by reason of this appeal be paid by appellees, Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Co., Inc., and Whitman Insurance Company Ltd.

We further order this decision certified below for observance.